Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-01
FARM AND FIREslpE.

Cleanliness and order arc among
the first and best methods Of happiness
in every household.
Steamed Rice: Ono cup of rice,
one teaspoon of salt, three cups Of boil
ing water; steam one hour; add ono
cup Of sweet milk, cook twenty minutes
longer. whom it is ready to serve with
cream and sugar. Boston Budget
-Copperas Is a splendid medicine 10
keep on hand for poultry. When they
have the roup wash their heads with a
solution Of it, and put some Of the solu.
ton in the drinking water as a tonic.
1t provides them with soluto iron.
which is necessary.
Slowed Potatoes: Take cold boiled
potatoes and cut them up quite small;
put them into the pan, add some milk,
salt and pepper to taste; dredge them
with flour, and boil slowly until the
milk becomes thick. Then put in con-
siderable butter and serve hot.-Chris.
tan al Work.
-Dumplings: One egg, well beaten,
one cupful buttermilk; one small tea
spoonful OF soda; pinch OF salt; add
flour and stir into very stiff batter;
then drop spoonfuls into the kettle and
boil twenty minutes - Toledo Blade.
Fried Tomatoes: Cut ripe tomatoes
in rather thick slices, dip them in beaten
eggs seasoned with salt, pepper and
sugar (the latter in the proportion Of
ono teaspoonful to each egg), aud then
in cracker or fine bread crumbs. Fry
ten minutes in hot butter, five minutes
for each side, and serve on thin toast
nicely Drowned. .-Demoresr Monthly.
Goldfish Chowder: Slice some pork
into a deep stewpan, and cover with
sliced onion and sweet herb; then cut
fresh cod into thin pieces, removing
the bones, and add layer Of the same
to the pork. Alternate with pork and
cod until the pot is almost full, putting
biscuits also between the layers. Over
all pour quart Of water, and allow 1t
to stew slowly for four hours. Season
with pepper and salt. Chicago Herald.
Shingles: One half-oup Of butter,
one and one-half cups of sugar. one
half-cup of hot water; one half-tea-
spoonful of salaratus dissolved in lit
tie water; mix in flour until very, very
stiff and roll as thin as possible. Then
cut in pieces about three inches wide
and five long; when done, these should
not be over quarter of an inch thick
and as crisp as ''molasses snaps. =
Exchange.
1t is not so much the little red mites
in the hen-house that do the damage
to poultry as it is the large gray body
lico, which work on the heads and
necks. Look closely for them, as they
do not leave the body of the fnwls.
The sleepy disease in chicks, dropping
spirits of the hens and failure to lay,
though well fed and in apparent health.
may be traced to the large lice on hens.
Journal.
The oatis asplendid food for young
animals, because, compared with corn,
straw, etc., IL is rich in muscle and
bone-f forming elements, and this also
makes 1t a splendid food for work ami
mails. Corn should be fed sparingly to
work animals during the summer es-
pecially, as it is heating food. 1t will
pay to make the grain ration OF oats in
the morning and at noon.-Troy Times.
Warm Gingerbread: One cupful
each Of sugar, molasses, butter and
'1oppered' milk or cream. four and
one-half cupfuls of -four, one teaspoon
full OF coda, sifted twice with the flour,
one tablespoonful Of ginger, one tea
spoonful of mixed mace and cinnamon,
three eggs; beat together molasses,
sugar, butter and spices until they are
very light; put in the milk. beaten eggs
and finally -four. Stir vigorously for
five minutes and bake in a 'card."
Break instead of cutting 1t, and eat with
iced milk as an accompaniment.-In-
dianapolis Sentinel.